📰 Breaking News: News Archive for October 2016 | Latest Updates from Germany 2025

01 October
- VW to pay US suppliers $1.2 bln over Dieselgate
02 October
- Virtual reality helps net last Auschwitz criminals
03 October
- Bosses to blame for Deutsche Bank crisis: Gabriel
- Germany: send asylum seekers back to Greece
- 'Get out' jeering crowds tell Merkel in Dresden
04 October
- German MPs to visit base after Turkey lifts ban
- Oktoberfest sees lowest number of visitors in 15 years
- Police criticized for wishing Pegida 'a successful day'
- Tuifly and Air Berlin report flight delays and cancellations
- Court mulls if online sex work counts as 'working remotely'
- German Unity Day in pics: protests, parties and Pegida
- Teenagers killed by train while on tracks spraying graffiti
- Probe of satirist's Erdogan 'smear' poem dropped
05 October
- France and Germany to share military facilities and aircraft
- CDU politician's office attacked after her 'Nazi tweet'
- Würzburg, Salzburg? After Oktoberfest it's all the same
- 9 unmissable events to check out in Germany this October
- 10 things you're sure to notice after an Oktoberfest visit
- Police 'free' man 'detained' by parents for three decades
- Air Berlin and Tuifly cancel 56 flights on Wednesday alone
- Police nab serial 'paddling pool slasher' after 7 years
- Far-right AfD loses support for first time in months
06 October
- Disgust as AfD leader likens immigrants to compost heap
- Yes or no? Man asks public for clues to drunken proposal
- German cruiser first to dock in Tunisia since 2015 Isis attack
- 8 times traditional German kids' tales were way too brutal for Disney
- Merkel rallies German industry to take tough line on Brexit
- Merkel implies US trade deal opponents are anti-American
- Store shutdowns imminent as Kaiser’s supermarket on brink
- Ex-Isis fighter jailed for nearly 7 years by Düsseldorf court
- German court rejects payout for Afghan airstrike victims
- Anger as famed activist fined for altering anti-Merkel graffiti
07 October
- Long-delayed trial of aged Auschwitz medic collapses
- Germany takes step to close pay gap between men, women
- Scared Syrian refugees stuck in east Germany mull leaving
- 1000s of passengers affected as Tuifly grounds all flights
- German Isis mission on hold in latest headache for army
- Merkel's approval rate surges after hitting 5-year low
- Investors go crazy for shares in German renewables firm
- East Germany - 10 things you never knew about the GDR
- Britain to allow ALL citizens living abroad the right to vote
- Hells Angels boss murder threatens rise in gang warfare
- Neo-Nazi cell 'spied on Berlin synagogue to plot attack'
- Merkel heads to Africa with eye on stemming migrant flow
- Berlin does not rule out Russia sanctions over Syria
- 5-year-old hospitalized in racist attack in east Germany
- Germany closer to blocking EU citizens' 'welfare tourism'
08 October
- Austria comes to rescue of German sleeper trains
- Deutsche Bank fine 'could threaten EU financial system'
- German police grill suspected bomber's flatmate
- Adolf Hitler's first biography written by the Führer himself
- Russia tension 'more dangerous than in Cold War'
09 October
- Germany probes Tesla autopilot system after crash
- Merkel leaves for Mali with eye on stemming migrant flow
10 October
- Police arrest Isis suspect with help from Syrians
- Merkel warns of 'brain drain' in Africa amid refugee influx
- Frankfurt trial of 'exorcism murder' family begins
- Far-right radicals try to storm east German police station
- Bayer chief promises no Monsanto GM crops in Europe
- Nightclub exp-loo-sion shocks Bavarian police
- Most of post-war justice ministry were Nazis: report
- Man jailed for killing drinking pal then cutting off his penis
- Germans use Syrian arrest 'heroes' to poke fun at Pegida
11 October
- Merkel announces security and aid package for Niger
- Isis bomb suspect planned to target Berlin airport
- South sees first snowfall of season as cold bite sets in
- Three run over and killed by train in Hanover
- Man threatens young people with gun over their music
- How I ditched London and became a writer in Berlin
- Video: Trump vs. Clinton - what do Germans think?
- 25 years on, Germany's 'two capitals' causing headaches
- How the Syrian community worked to catch Isis suspect
- 'British view' of German history goes on show in Berlin
12 October
- Expert: German cars will be driving themselves in 5 years
- BMW debuts self-balancing motorcycle of the future
- Hells Angels bikers arrive in Germany to mourn dead boss
- Germany's top court to rule on Canada free trade deal
- Govt urged to honour Syrians who nabbed Isis suspect
- The rise and rise of the pumpkin in Germany
- Nation joins hunt after micro-pig Rudi disappears in Hesse
- Syrian teen gets surprise visit from Game of Thrones star
- German courses, day labour: Syrian refugees' first year
- 12 brilliant German words you won't find in English
- 'Nazi Grandma' sent to jail again for Holocaust denial
- Germany bomb plot suspect found dead in cell
13 October
- Germany to impose strict welfare curbs for EU migrants
- Church to compensate 100s of choir child abuse victims
- Berlin airport employee jailed for taking huge bribe
- Terror suspect suicide 'a tragedy' say angry MPs
- How Nazi terminology is creeping back into politics
- Top court rejects case against Canada trade deal
- 75 years after theft by Nazis, Amber Room still not found
- Police question parents of baby offered for sale on eBay
- Syrian terror suspect wasn't deemed 'acute' suicide risk
- Rhine river's low water levels causing ships to run aground
- How Germany's plan to limit welfare could affect you
14 October
- Neo-Nazi killer's DNA found near bones of missing girl
- Mass job losses await as Kaiser's stores to close
- 10 essential inventions you didn't know were German
- Immigrant in Germany, or expat: is there a difference?
- Germans least concerned about unemployment globally
- Indigenous Namibians furious at German reparations 'insult'
- Erdogan's renewed attempt to punish German comedian fails
- Isis suspect was radicalized in Germany, brother claims
- Renewables costing German households ever more cash
15 October
- Germany will send back most Nigerians: Merkel
- Germany threatens Facebook with hate speech law
- German bomb plotter 'was in Syria two months ago'
16 October
- Berlin demands Tesla pull 'misleading' autopilot ads
- Thousands mark two years of German anti-migrant Pegida
17 October
- Frankfurt fair shakes up book world with art, virtual reality
- Holocaust survivor 1st woman to win top Frankfurt award
- Protest bubbles up against bizarre Cologne street art ban
- Armed clown threatens two men in west Germany
- 10 reasons it's awesome to be knocked up in Germany
- One dead, six injured after chemical plant explosion
- Police search 12 German schools after email threats
- 100 cops needed to break up teen's viral WhatsApp party
- Mini baby boom continues with 33-year birthrate high
- The one German word English speakers need this winter
18 October
- Two dead, search goes on after chemical plant blast
- Putin coming to Berlin for first time since start of Ukraine war
- Court reaffirms: no anonymity rights for sperm donors
- Germans disobey constitution in vote on TV terror attack
- Can you tell a Bavarian dialect from a north German one?
- 17,000 refugees sue Germany over status - and most win
- Here's where Germany's happiest people live
19 October
- Syria now on the table as Putin comes to Berlin
- Women in Germany 'have not been paid in a week'
- Policeman dies after shooting by far-right gunman
- Lufthansa plane emergency lands due to smoke in cockpit
- Armed clowns rob pizza joint outside Berlin
- How Germany remembers the Holocaust
- 800 crimes against refugee homes reported this year
- Germany approves disputed nuclear waste deal
- Third body found after BASF chemical plant explosion
- Cop turns car into cradle to lull trapped baby to sleep
- Court fines man €1,200 for hoverboarding on pavement
20 October
- This is where Germany's top-earners live
- German hosemaker to France: stop misusing our name
- Merkel threatens Putin with more sanctions on Berlin visit
- Teen girl stands trial for 'Isis' police stabbing in Hanover
- Two injured after army tank falls 50 metres in Alps
- After woman's body found in barrel, husband may walk free
- Two new spider species discovered in Munich
- Berlin Zoo to have a pair of pandas by next summer
- By wheelchair from Syria to Germany: teen's story of hope
- Supermarket Edeka warns of exploding apple juice bottles
- Mysterious German U-boat wreckage found off Scotland
- Eurowings braces as cabin crew union proclaims strike
21 October
- Parents who don't get nursery spot for kid entitled to pay
- Five things not to miss at the Frankfurt Book Fair
- 'Reichsbürger' pair attack police in Saxony-Anhalt
- More Germans identify as LGBT than in rest of Europe
- Here’s where people live the longest in Germany
- Israel seeks to buy three new German submarines: report
- Seven German celebrities with uncanny doppelgängers
- Man dies after beating for peeing near Freiburg church
- This is how much startup geeks earn in Germany
- Student fined for spying on women via their webcams
22 October
- Creepy clown scare spreads to Germany
24 October
- Four taken to hospital after hotel toilet bursts into flames
- Bavarian critics back Merkel for Chancellor again
- Germany's top 10 most surreal sites to visit
- Nearly one in ten Germans are severely disabled
- Politicians call for tough sentences for 'killer clowns'
- Germany stalls Chinese takeover of tech firm Aixtron
- Hertha Berlin fan club criticised for 'anti-gay banner'
- Dozens of Turkish diplomats apply for asylum in Germany
- Outrage over ruling on 'brutal' gang rape of teen girl
25 October
- Ex-chancellor Schröder to mediate in supermarket row
- Four Ku Klux Klan groups active in Germany, says govt
- 14-year-old stabs 'creepy clown' in prank gone wrong
- German small arms ammo exports grow ten-fold
- Iconic German church being eroded away by human urine
- 10 ways learning German completely ruins your English
- German police carry out nationwide anti-terror raids
- Munich taxi driver in hospital after attack by British tourists
- Hated RB Leipzig emerge as shock challengers to Bayern
- Hostility towards minorities 'widespread in Bavaria'
- Obama to visit Berlin in last presidential trip to Germany
26 October
- Anger as Berlin scraps Turkey concert on Armenia genocide
- Pegida leader 'paid court costs with group's money'
- Merkel: murky internet giants distort perception of reality
- Eurowings cabin crew union to strike all day Thursday
- After July attacks, govt drafts new video surveillance law
- Couple accused of torturing, murdering women go on trial
- Fake Germanwings victim relative convicted in Cologne
- 10 things you think about Germany that are very wrong
- Hesse hopes to set example by building Iraqi orphanages
- Long-vanished German car brand joins electric race
27 October
- US 'warned Merkel' against Chinese takeover of tech firm
- Deutsche Bank reports surprise quarter billion profit
- Eurowings strike to hit 40,000 passengers
- 'Liberal' Germany stopping Europe's 'slide into barbarism'
- Berlin Holocaust memorial could not be built now: creator
- Isis suspect charged with scouting Berlin attack sites
- Woman sues dentist over job rejection for headscarf
- Introducing Swabians - 'the Scots of Germany'
- These are Germany's top ten universities
28 October
- Portugal's ruling party calls German minister 'pyromaniac'
- Baby who was auctioned on eBay taken away from father
- Minister: 'no tolerance' for clowns after chainsaw attack
- German hospital uses therapy to 'treat' paedophiles
- Intensive farming 'endangers a third of German species'
- Germans think they're fit, but they're really couch potatoes
- 10 fascinating facts you never knew about German beer
- Berlin museum controversially recreates Hitler bunker
- German kids get glowing report for their English skills
- Munich to get 'nice toilets' to serve cross-legged locals
29 October
- VW’s electric car switch ‘to cost 10,000 jobs’
- Body of missing German hiker found in Italy
30 October
- German chemical plant blast toll rises to four
- Germany investigates Isis link to Hamburg teen murder
- Germany gets tough on Chinese takeovers
31 October
- German EU leader defends Chinese 'slitty eyes' comment
- Police probe extremists in own ranks after fatal shooting
- PICS: 11 utterly adorable dog breeds with German heritage
- Football coach Löw extends Germany reign until 2020
- Lutheran Church kicks off Reformation anniversary year
- Up to 50 teens harass police officers in Munich train station
- How the Gulf War brought Halloween to Germany
- Germany searches soul after old man left to die in bank
- How to discover Berlin through your stomach
- Govt confirms rescue of troubled Kaiser's supermarket